[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4002 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4002

To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of 
      small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned businesses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 5, 2022

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 
                       Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of 
      small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned businesses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``LGBTQ Business Equal Credit 
Enforcement and Investment Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LOAN DATA COLLECTION.

    Section 704B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691c-
2) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``LGBTQ-owned,'' after ``minority-owned,'' 
        each place the term appears;
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)(G), by inserting ``sexual 
        orientation, gender identity,'' after ``sex,''; and
            (3) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) LGBTQ-owned business.--The term `LGBTQ-owned 
        business' means a business--
                    ``(A) more than 50 percent of the ownership or 
                control of which is held by 1 or more individuals self-
                identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or 
                queer; and
                    ``(B) more than 50 percent of the net profit or 
                loss of which accrues to 1 or more individuals self-
                identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or 
                queer.''.
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